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About the bill

Source: Republican Policy Committee

H.R. 931 requires the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to develop and maintain a registry to collect data regarding the incidence of cancer in firefighters. This bill authorizes $10 million for fiscal years 2018-2022 to carry out those activities.

Firefighters may experience detrimental health effects due to smoke inhalation and other harmful substances. A 2015 study by the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health found that firefighters in the U.S. have a greater number of cancer diagnoses and cancer-related deaths. H.R. 931 seeks to establish ...

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Prognosis Details

This bill has a 36% chance of being enacted.

Factors considered:

The overall text of the bill does little to affect its chances of being enacted. Although this bill has a low chance of enactment, there is 1 provision within this bill that the provision-level textual analysis considers likely to be enacted. There are often multiple bills with the same legal provisions within them. A companion bill for this bill, s382-115, has not yet been enacted. If you are interested in this bill, you should also see its companion. The bill's primary sponsor is a Republican. The bill is assigned to the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions committee. There are 0 related bills in Congress. The bill's primary subject is Health.